it would make you mad if somebody takes
something from you
Margaret Jennings says she still doesn't
understand how she lost her family's
land to a con artist
I just know understand hi he's around
town and get the deans he is North
Fisher postal inspectors say he stole
properties by using phony documents
forged deeds and contracts with fake
notary signatures would file deed after
deed on the property using fraudulent
notary stamps that he had made up he
would then often take out the mineral
rights and separate that from the actual
property in many cases those properties
would be sold to different people even
though he never even owned them Fisher
filed 475 documents on 152 properties
worth almost four million dollars and
185 thousand dollars in mineral
royalties royalties collected at the
land is mined and produces something of
value
most of the Lots were small and vacant
which is why he was able to continue
this scam for so long dozens of victims
like Margaret Jennings are still trying
to unravel the paper trail Fisher left
behind I need a lawyer and I'm not able
to get all you so I went to the Lee's
late she says the process to get her
land back has turned into a long and
expensive nightmare
some of these land land transfers have
not been cleared up yet inspectors say
if you are a land owner be on the
lookout for any signs that someone might
have stolen your property make sure that
you watch out for that tax appraisal
notice there's nothing more certain than
death and taxes and if most of these
victims had been aware that they had not
received that tax notice they probably
would have found that the property had
changed owners much faster it still
stays with me and never leaves me
because why he did me like that he did
the whole family like that so I'm still
heard of it